Arabic for be averse to

nafara

ﻧَﻔَﺮَ

be averse to – past tense he

yanfiru

ﻳَﻨﻔِﺮُ

be averse to – present tense he

The Arabic verb for be averse to is written ﻧَﻔَﺮَ and pronunced nafara in its basic form (past tense masculinum singular). In present tense, the verb is written ﻳَﻨﻔِﺮُ and pronounced yanfiru. See more conjugations

Part of speech: verb. Pattern: verb

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Important letters: ﻥ ﻑ ﺭ

The root of the word be averse to consists of three Arabic letters: nun that is written ﻥ and pronounced n, fa that is written ﻑ and pronounced f and ra that is written ﺭ and pronounced r. Words with the same root letters are often related.

Words related to be averse to

All letters in be averse to

ﻧَﻔَﺮَ

ﻧـ

ـﻔـ

ـﺮ

ﻧـ

ـﻔـ

ـﺮ

ﻥ

ﻧـ

ـﻨـ

ـﻦ

ﻑ

ﻓـ

ـﻔـ

ـﻒ

ﺭ

ـﺮ

nun

The Arabic word for be averse to consists of: The letter nun that is written ﻥ ( here ﻧـ ) and pronounced n and is a part of the root of the word. The short vowel a that is written as the sign َ above the letter. The letter fa that is written ﻑ ( here ـﻔـ ) and pronounced f and is a part of the root of the word. The short vowel a that is written as the sign َ above the letter. The letter ra that is written ﺭ ( here ـﺮ ) and pronounced r and is a part of the root of the word. The short vowel a that is written as the sign َ above the letter. Therefore, the word is writen ﻧَﻔَﺮَ and pronounced nafara.

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The pattern for be averse to

fa3ala becomes nafara

We have seen that the Arabic word for be averse to is written ﻧَﻔَﺮَ and pronounced nafara. It follows the pattern verb form 1. All Arabic words with this pattern has the structure fa3ala where f, 3 and l is replaced with the root letters of the word.
Since the pattern is fa3ala and the root letters are n, f and r, the word becomes nafara.
All Arabic words with the same pattern follow the same structure. If you know the pattern and root of a word, you can often guess its meaning. Learn more about Arabic word patterns